Remains discovered of some sailors aboard USS John S. McCain

Some remains of the 10 missing sailors aboard the USS John S. McCain have been discovered, the commander of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific said Tuesday.

Divers discovered the bodies in a compartment of the destroyer, which collided with an oil tanker near Singapore on Monday.

The tanker ripped a large hole in the left side of the ship, which is based in Yokosuka, Japan.

“It’s premature to say how many and what the status of those bodies is,” Adm. Scott Swift said at a news conference aboard the ship Tuesday. “We’re always hopeful that there are survivors as our efforts have continued.”